Vallourec Star LP

An employee fell onto a hot billet and suffered a burn to the left leg. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee's right fourth fingertip was pinched between two steel pipes during an inspection process, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was removing a sticker shell (piece of steel) from a mandrel bar. The employee used a torch to burn off a section of the sticker and a crane removed that section from the bar. The employee then began to weld a washer to the remaining section of steel on the mandrel bar. The sticker fell off the mandrel and broke into three pieces, with one striking the employee when it fell to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to the right foot and ankle.

On 8/9/2017, at approximately 4:00 p.m., an employee had been operating a furnace when he experienced dizziness and finger numbness. He was hospitalized for heat stress and muscle damage.

An employee was removing a pin from a lifting arm on a pipe handling table when his right ring finger was pinched by the arm. His finger had to be amputated. The equipment was locked out at the time.

An employee was tailing logs with a chainsaw. As they set the chainsaw on a log, the chain contacted the employee's left index finger, fracturing it. The fingertip was surgically amputated.

An employee was using a Johnson bar to pry a piece of concrete with the help of a skid steer. When the bar moved, the employee was struck in the mouth by it, resulting in a tooth avulsion and a mouth injury that required stitches.

An employee was helping another employee pick up a round piece of metal to recoup a skid. The metal slipped and lacerated the employee's right middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was attaching a wrench to a drill rig rod. The wrench turned and struck the employee's right hand, resulting in a laceration and fracture to their index finger.

An employee was climbing a ladder while carrying 12-foot metal trims to the roof. As the top end of the metal rose above the parapet wall of the roof, a strong gust of wind spun the metal backward, causing the employee to lose his grip on the metal. The trims lacerated his left wrist, which required hospitalization and surgery.

An employee fell onto a hot billet and suffered a burn to the left leg. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was cutting wooden boards using a table saw when the glove on his left hand was caught by the blade, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation.

An employee was placing a board on top of a bundle of steel tubing. A crane was moving a bundle of steel that struck the employee and caught them against another bundle of steel tubing. The employee sustained a crushing injury and hematoma to the right upper leg.

A crane was hoisting a pipe. An employee was adjusting twisted lifting chains on the end of the pipe when the pipe was raised, causing the employee's hands to be caught between the chains and the pipe. The employee suffered injuries to the left index finger, left ring finger, right ring finger, and right index finger; the right index fingertip was amputated without bone loss.

During a routine inspection, an employee placed their hand on a pipe to check a weld. The pipe clamp activated, closed on the pipe, and trapped the employee's right middle finger, resulting in a partial amputation and fracture to the fingertip as well as a laceration to the ring finger.

An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.

An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.

On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.

An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.

An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.